mention by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court on January 5.

Murder suspects Michael Brian Pitcher and Michael Dean Eberly were silent yesterday as Crown counsel Peter Eccles asked for an adjournment.

Chief Justice Austin Ward further remanded Pitcher, 31, and Eberly, 34, into custody.

The men who live at Victoria Row, Dockyard, Sandys Parish, deny killing Beatrice Simons, 69, of Cochrane Road, Dockyard, on December 1, 1997.

Defence lawyer Saul Froomkin requested the time to familiarise himself with Pitcher's case after taking over from lawyer John Cooper.

Mr. Froomkin added expert witnesses were also being further consulted on the evidence.

Mr. Justice Ward also set down the murder case of Jermaine Noel Pearman and Sharina Ann Tuzo for mention on January 5.

Lawyer Philip Perinchief will handle the murder case of Pearman, 26, and Victoria Pearman will appear for Tuzo, 18. She is charged with manslaughter.

The couple, who live at Bob's Valley, Sandys, deny causing the death of Saed Rami Nadir Young on August 29, 1997.

Tuzo -- five-month-old Saed's godmother -- is on bail and Pearman was further remanded into custody.

A March trial date is expected to be set next month.

MAN TO GET TRIAL DATE CTS Man to get trial date Alleged cannabis importer Christopher Anthony Lewis was yesterday ordered to return to Supreme Court on January 5 for mention to set a trial date.

Lewis, 21, of Stadium Lane, Warwick, denies importing, possessing with intent to supply, and handling cannabis with intent to supply on March 7.

DRUNK DRIVERS BANNED CTS Drunk drivers banned A computer engineer and a Portuguese national were banned from driving all vehicles for a year after pleading guilty to impaired driving in Magistrates' Court.

Michael Allward of College Hill, Devonshire was arrested on Church Street around 1 a.m. on October 24.

The 52-year-old man gave an acohol breath sample which revealed 213 milligrams of blood in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis also fined Allward $450.

Portugese national Joas Pedro Raposo admitted he rode a livery cycle while impaired at 10.20 p.m. on November 14 on Middle Road, Southampton.

Prosecutor Phil Taylor said Raposo, 32, of Sandys Parish, was stopped by Police after he swerved about the road while travelling west.

He told Police he had two Heineken beers and was arrested.

An alco-analyser test showed he had 169 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Raposo was also fined $400.

MAN TOLD TO PAY UP CTS Man told to pay up A man fined more than $1,200 for drug equipment several months ago was told to pay up immediately -- or go to jail.

Freeman Henry Brangman, 33, of Sunnyside Park, Southampton, was caught on the grounds of Southampton Rangers Sports Club earlier this year with a pipe which had cocaine residue in it.

And on June 3, 1998 Magistrate Edward King slapped a $1,000 "no-go'' premium -- up from the standard $250 fine -- because Brangman was busted in an Increased Penalty Zone.

Despite pleas for a softer fine, Brangman was ordered to pay the full amount by July 3.

But when Brangman returned to court on Wednesday requesting more time to pay, Mr. King replied: "You committed a serious offence and the alternative is prison.'' "The crime which you committed was serious and you could've been in prison from the start...If you cannot pay the fine, do not commit any crime,'' he added.

Mr. King allowed Brangman one telephone call to get the cash -- or spend the next six months in prison.

It not known if Brangman was able to secure the money.